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Definition of Totalizator
1. Noun. Computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won.
Generic synonyms: Computer, Computing Device, Computing Machine, Data Processor, Electronic Computer, Information Processing System
Definition of Totalizator
1. n. A machine for registering and indicating the number and nature of bets made on horse races, as in Australia and South Africa. Called also totalizer.
Definition of Totalizator
1. Noun. (US) a computer-like machine, at a racecourse, that registers bets and distributes the total amount bet among those who win ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Totalizator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Totalizator
Literary usage of Totalizator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1895)
"I have often seen the advantages of the totalizator discussed, and, so far as I
could ... The totalizator is undoubtedly responsible for much prevarication, ..."
2. Acts of the Parliament of South Australia by South Australia (1907)
"Occupancy of premises deemed to be with knowledge of totalizator investments not
to be solicited. Unlawful games. Vic. Act, Publication of information ..."
3. The Empire and the Century: A Series of Essays on Imperial Problems and by Charles Sydney Goldman, Rudyard Kipling (1905)
"Betting on horse racing is carried on through the ' totalizator,' and though
there is a ... The ' totalizator ' has levelled betting if it has widened it, ..."
4. Parliamentary Debates (1888)
"... enormous amount of interest will thereby be created, to be hereafter raised
against any attempted change in the direction of abolishing the totalizator. ..."
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